Association between serum cytokine profiles and schistosomiasis-related hepatic fibrosis: Infection by Schistosoma japonicum versus S. mansoni [1]

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 748-749

  Bonnard, Philippe ^a,d   Remoué, Franck ^c   Schacht, Anne Marie ^b   Pialoux, Gilles ^a   Riveau, Gilles ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^d HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; LIVER FIBROSIS; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

CYTOKINES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; STATISTICS;

EID: 33144489746     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499608     Document Type: Letter

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